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Belarusian Olympic sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya arrives for a press conference in Warsaw, Poland, where she is taking refuge after saying she feared for her life if forced to return home. IMAGES
A plane carrying Belarusian Olympic athlete Krystsina Tsimanouskaya arrives in Poland, where she is expected to take refuge after saying she feared for her life if forced to return home. The Polish airline LOT flight from Vienna, where she stopped over on her way from Tokyo, landed in Warsaw at 8:11pm (1811 GMT), according to the arrivals screen at Warsaw Airport. IMAGES
Images of the Polish embassy in Tokyo, where Belarusian Olympic athlete Kristina Timanovskaya is reported to be by Japanese media on Monday, after the 24-year-old claimed her team tried to force her to leave Japan. Tsimanouskaya will likely travel to Poland, the sprinter's husband told AFP on Monday, adding he himself had left Belarus. IMAGES
A group of 16 foreign nationals from Ukraine, Russia and Belarus go on trial in a Polish court on charges of espionage, preparing acts of sabotage and gathering information for Russia. The defendants include a Russian hockey player who played in the Polish league. The verdict for 14 of the 16 defendants who plead guilty is expected later today. IMAGES
People march in Warsaw to mark a Day of Solidarity with Belarus that coincides with the third anniversary of mass protests in Minsk against Alexander Lukashenko's re-election. The fallout over the vote, which was widely believed to have been falsified by Lukashenko, in power since 1994, led to the biggest protests in recent Belarusian history and were put down with force. IMAGES
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